Electronic document/form generator

A faster and more efficient system and method is disclosed for electronically generating and signing documents, such as legal or financial documents, via the Internet or an Intranet. A question file and a template file are transmitted from a server to the user's browser when the user selects a specific form. Answers to such questions are inputted directly into the form as the user completes them and the user tabs to the next question without the user transmitting information to such server. The user can choose to electronically sign the document causing the system to associate the user's name, date and time at which the document was generated, a unique serial number and such other data with such document and present such data with the document when the system is requested to present such document. When the user generates the document, an answer file is sent to such server to generate the document.